Natasha Bertrand

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NEW: Biden says, "today we're also blocking four more major banks. That means every asset they have in America will be frozen. This includes VTB, the second largest bank in Russia, which has $250 billion in assets." — PolitiTweet.org

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"We will limit Russia's ability to do business in dollars, euros, pounds and yen to be part of the global economy. We're going to stop the ability to finance and grow the Russian military. We're going to impair their ability to compete in a high-tech 21st century economy." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden: "Today I'm authorizing additional strong sanctions and new limitations on what can be exported to Russia." Says "we have purposefully chosen these sanctions to maximize the long-term impact on Russia." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChristopherJM: Ugh. Awful development. "After a fierce battle, Ukrainian control over the Chernobyl site was lost. The condition of the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @c_m_dangelo: Ukraine's deputy minister of energy ---> — PolitiTweet.org

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.@mchancecnn describes how he and his team came across the Russian forces at Antonov airport outside Kyiv: "And just at that moment, I realized and looked down at his insignia that we encountered a whole contingent of Russian special forces...And they were totally in control." https://t.co/LVQJKVj4Mp — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @antontroian: Another extraordinary televised Kremlin meeting, this one with oligarchs. The head of the industrialists' lobby group tell… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ariehkovler: Johnson announces sanctions on Belarus (details to follow), bans Aeroflot from the UK. New trade restrictions and export c… — PolitiTweet.org

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Governor of Lviv Regional State Administration Maksym Kozytskyy said today that universities in Lviv could house refugees fleeing violence -- "We will ask all universities to relocate students for the possible accommodation of refugees from other regions of Ukraine," he said. — PolitiTweet.org

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The world has not seen a “move like this, nation state-to-nation state, since World War II,” a senior US defense official told reporters Thursday about Russia's attack on Ukraine — “certainly nothing on this size and scope and scale.” https://t.co/bxpeQf9nU3 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maxseddon: Evening address from Zelensky. “If you my dear European leaders, my dear world leaders, leaders of the free world, don’t hel… — PolitiTweet.org

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Zelensky just spoke: — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @petemuntean: Airspace over Ukraine is EMPTY now, according to @ADSBexchange. Heavy civilian air traffic elsewhere warned of "HIGH risk,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JoshNBCNews: New: Ukrainian ambassador to US says Russia attacked hospitals in Ukraine and a fight is ongoing for control of the Cherno… — PolitiTweet.org

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Zelensky: We demand the disconnection of Russia from SWIFT, the introduction of a no-fly zone over Ukraine and other effective steps to stop the aggressor. — PolitiTweet.org

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...but the number also included “medium-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, surface-to-air missiles,” and “sea-launched missiles from the Black Sea,” the official said. via @EllieCKaufman @barbarastarrcnn — PolitiTweet.org

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Russian attacks on Ukraine have included “roughly more than 100 Russian-launched missiles of various types” in the “initial onslaught,” a senior US defense official told reporters today. Missiles included “short-range ballistic missiles” as the primary weapon — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KofmanMichael: This appears to be 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade. — PolitiTweet.org

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Senior US defense official briefing reporters now: — PolitiTweet.org

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Footage of a large explosion at Melitopol Air Base north of Crimea just aired on CNN: https://t.co/RwKqhc9l1h — PolitiTweet.org

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Operational report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine as of 16:00: "At the western border, the situation at checkpoints on the western border remains stable, there is an increase in traffic through checkpoints." -- via CNN's Olga Voytovich — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maxseddon: Just think what could happen to all of Europe if Chernobyl gets destroyed in the fighting — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: President Biden will speak at 12:30 p.m. EST on Russia’s attack on Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

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Breaking: @mchancecnn with Russian forces at the Antonov airport about 15 miles outside of Kyiv. "These troops you can see over here, they are Russian airborne forces. They have taken this airport" https://t.co/SnvmwQ1GeA — PolitiTweet.org

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Surreal moments as @clarissaward reports from a subway station in Kharkiv. "Yesterday this would have been full of commuters making their way back and forth to work. Today, it has become an impromptu bomb shelter." https://t.co/vEVnFcCrq7 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bellingcat: This video showing damage to civilian apartment buildings was filmed at 49.850727, 36.659762 in Chuhuiv, near an airport th… — PolitiTweet.org

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Ukrainian FM calling on "all" of Ukraine's partners to sever diplomatic relations with Russia: — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DAlperovitch: Important signal — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DmytroKuleba: Latest update. No, this is not a Russian invasion only in the east of Ukraine, but a full-scale attack from multiple dir… — PolitiTweet.org

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WATCH: — PolitiTweet.org